[–] 1 point 2 hours ago

bear in mind that china basically did the industrial revolution in like, a single generation..

if you go from people being subsistence farmers, to living in dogshit housing in dirty cities, to something that the rest of the world considers mind-bogglingly futuristic; all in such short time that your parents have photos of their childhood farm.. yeah capitalism probably seems pretty decent then.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

    But 1) apartments don't tend to be built in suburban sprawl, and 2) even the worst suburban sprawl in europe is still generally bikeable, there'll be a lidl or something within a reasonable distance.

    Got this thread mixed up with another, similar one. Ignore this reply lol.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 hours ago*

    even disregarding public transport it makes no sense, because surely poor people don't live places where they need a car to get around? For people to qualify as "poor" in my eyes they're going to be living in an apartment, everything else is so horrifyingly expensive that you'd only be poor because you're spending 75% of your salary on housing.

    And apartments almost universally exist in cities, near where people go to work and near stores. So poor people are by far more likely to get by just fine with a regular fucking bicycle.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 hours ago*

    you can literally just chop them up and boil them with spices, it works absolutely fine.

    You don't need all this fancy stuff (blanching tomatoes is insane to me, as is removing the skin: the skin is nutritious and makes the sauce thick!), just try a bunch of different things and see what you personally like best.
    I like to fry up some diced onions and a couple cloves of garlic; then dump in the chopped tomatoes (i recommend one of these pull-cord chopping things, absolutely liquefies the tomatoes), a bit of vinegar (balsamic is always nice), and some spices (lots of vegeta) and let it simmer for as long as i can be arsed.

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